book objects

Manpanion

The Manpanion Series is about nostalgic light and the simplicity of country life. References to masculinity and natural beauty are a recurring theme.

Drawings

still life

20 yrs and a Day

1998-2017

Oil on canvas, scraped and sanded

20 yrs and a Day

20 yrs and a Day

20 yrs and a Day

20 yrs and a Day Trine

Arty Boys / Silkscreens

Art world adventures and comedic vectors

Never Die Again / UNARIUS project

Transcend With Me In the Key Of Self

Silkscreen on prepared paper

Turn On the Cosmic Generator

Silkscreen on prepared paper

Transfiguration 1990-2017

Matthew Bede Murphy

Artist and curator, Matthew Bede Murphy co-founded the LAND Gallery and Studio in 2004. With over 20 years of experience in the field, he has an extensive background serving developmentally disabled adults in art related affiliations. Murphy has also built partnerships with museums, galleries, non-profits, and other institutions stressing inclusion, advocacy, and collections. Murphy is a painter, printmaker and keeper of a vast sketchbook library. He uses traditional applications in unusual ways, and is interested in the dissolve between painting, drawing and mechanical application. Humor and whimsy are often a focus as well as the exercising of random anxieties in dream-like settings. Murphy has exhibited widely across the US, and in 2013, he had a 120 drawing show at the Avis Frank Gallery in Houston, Texas. In 2009, he collaborated with UFO Devotee group called UNARIUS for 2 exhibitions in Los Angeles, California at the 18th Street Art Center and La Mamma Gallery in NYC. Murphy will be included in the upcoming exhibition Grâce Au Dessin at Woodbury University's Nan Rae Gallery located in Burbank, CA JAN 27 2018 - MARCH 17 2018 Curated by Jason McKechnie.